Lo stile, la scrittura e la voce di Alba de Céspedes in spagnolo: Cuaderno prohibido tra traduzioni allografe e riduzioni teatrali

This paper deals with the question of the translation and reception of the novel by Alba de Céspedes Quaderno proibito (1952) in the allographic versions published over the years in Castilian: Cuaderno prohibido (1958; 1965; 1973; 1991) and El cuaderno prohibido (2017). The language used by the author in the original Italian edition of the novel and the diary form of the text are the focus for the analysis of the fundamental stylistic aspects of de Céspedes’ writing also in the Castilian versions of the novel. The methodological support of Corpus Linguistics highlights some elements of uniqueness of the source texts. Furthermore, published texts and archival materials belonging to the Fondo Alba de Céspedes at the Fondazione Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori in Milan have allowed to recover the presence of an oral modality through the direct intervention of the author on the allographic translation into Spanish of the homonymous play Quaderno proibito. Commedia in due atti (1964), confirming de Céspedes’ attitude and her role as an author with her own style, as the sole and tireless mediator between her works and the Spanish-speaking audience.